PSYCHOGENIC RHEUMATISM
Authors: E WEISS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 June 1947PSYCHOGENIC RHEUMATISMEDWARD WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-6-890 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA common problem in the practice of internal medicine is the patient who complains of aches and pains in the muscles and joints and chronic fatigue. Often there is slight fever but otherwise the physical examination and laboratory studies are negative. Attention is focused on this slight rise in temperature and the patient undergoes repeated and prolonged studies from the standpoint of obscure infection or endocrine dysfunction. Formerly such patients were often thought to be tuberculous; later rheumatic infection, with much attention to the heart, was suspected; nowadays chronic brucellosis is the most frequent diagnosis. In the course of the...Bibliography1. BOLANDCORR EWWP: Psychogenic rheumatism, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxiii, 805. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ELLMANSAVAGEWITTKOWERRODGER POAETF: Fibrositis, Ann. Rheumatic Dis., 1942, iii, 1. Google Scholar3. FLINDBARBER JHS: The psychogenic basis of some so-called rheumatic pains, Quart. Jr. Med., 1945, xiv, 57. Google Scholar4. HALLIDAY JL: The concept of psychosomatic rheumatism, Ann. Int. Med., 1941, xv, 666. Psychosomatic medicine and the rheumatism problem, Practitioner, 1944, clii, 6. Google Scholar5. HARRIS HJ: Brucellosis, Bull. N. Y. Acad. Med., 1946, xxii, 147. Google Scholar6. LEVINE M: Proceedings of the Brief Psychotherapy Council, The Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1942. Google Scholar7. LINDEMANN E: Therapeutic procedures in psychoneurosis, New England Jr. Med., 1934, viii, 701. Google Scholar8. REIMANN HA: The problem of long continued low-grade fever, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1089. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. SHERRINGTON C: The brain and its mechanism, 1933, MacMillan, Cambridge. Google Scholar10. WEISSENGLISH EOS: Psychosomatic medicine, 1943, W. B. Saunders and Co., Philadelphia, p. 10. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication June 1, 1946.From the Department of Medicine, Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia, Pa. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byVorwort von Ulrich Schultz-VenrathRecurrent Abdominal PainThe extended pediatric assessment?An approach to the child with psychosomatic symptomsPitfalls in diagnosis of unexplained symptomsThe clinical concept of chronic painEmotional states and pain: Intraindividual and interindividual measures of associationPsychosomatic Aspects of Gastrointestinal Problems in ChildrenSocio-psychological basis of abdominal pain in childrenOccult Mood in Musculoskeletal DiseasesA Psychosomatic Approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Clinical Study of 100 Female PatientsPsychological aspects of pain.Recurrent Disorders in Children: A SynthesisThe Child with Recurrent Abdominal PainThe Neurotic Arthralgia and Myalgia SyndromePSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS IN CHILDRENDer seelische Befund bei PolyarthritikernDiscussion on Psychogenic RheumatismThe Role of Muscular Tension in MaladjustmentRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. BOLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALLACE GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. MAXWELL LOCKIE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D.The "Chronic Rheumatic" and his Pains 1 June 1947Volume 26, Issue 6Page: 890-900KeywordsArthralgiaBrucellosisFatigueFeversHeartMusclesMyalgiaPainResearch laboratoriesTemperature ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...